Discover 100 years of science at “Germany`s Oxford“ - Harnack-Haus

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Sunday guided tour for individual visitors
During the summer, we run the general guided tour
Discover “Germany‘s Oxford“ on the fi rst Sunday of
the month for individual visitors.
Date & time April to October, fi rst Sunday of the month
11.00 am
Meeting p. Harnack-Haus, Ihnestr. 16-20, Berlin-Dahlem
Duration 90 minutes
Language German
Cost
€5, €3 reduced price (schoolchildren,
students, unemployed)
Max Planck Society, Berlin offi c
Research marketing, events and exhibitions
Markgrafenstr. 37
10117 Berlin
Email: [email protected]
www.mpg.de
Photos: © Archive of the Max Planck Society and Freie Universität Berlin
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In cooperation with
BERLIN-DAHLEM CAMPUS
Themed tours for groups
In addition to the general guided tour Discover
“Germany‘s Oxford“, we also run tailored themed
tours for groups. Advance reservation required!
Duration 90 minutes
Languages German, English, Italian
Cost €120 (German), €140 (other languages),
20% discount for cooperating institutions
Group size Maximum of 25 people per tour
Booking enquiries
Max Planck Society, Berlin offi c
Email: [email protected]
Tel.: +49 (0)30 499056-43
Swimming pool of
Harnack House, 1938
Cover: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology with hothouses, 1920s
Back page: Philological Library at the Freie Universität, Berlin-Dahlem, 2011
Discover 100 years
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Berlin-Dahlem, around 1930
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Der Biochemiker und Nobelpreisträger Otto Heinrich Warburg in
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Otto Heinrich Warburg in his laboratory
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Physiology, 1950s
1. Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, high voltage generator in the „Turm der Blitze“ (Lightning
Tower), 1940s; 2. Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, radiograph, 1930s; 3. Lise Meitner,
1920s; 4. Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry, around 1914
Nuclear f ssion, the f rst uranium reactor, the electron microscope – a surprising number of scientif c discoveries
and inventions have emerged from Dahlem. From 1912,
the elegant residential district evolved into a mecca for
creative brains from around the world. Unparalleled in Germany, the f rst modern research campus emerged here
on the greenf eld site. Albert Einstein, Otto Hahn and Lise
Meitner were just some of the researchers who worked or
lived in Dahlem. The stimulus was provided by the Kaiser
Wilhelm Society, the predecessor of the Max Planck Society, which now continues the tradition together with the
Freie Universität.
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1930-1972 Kaiser Wilhelm Institute (from 1953 Max Planck Institute)
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Henry Ford Building, lecture theatre and library building at the
Freie Universität (1954), exhibition of the history of the Freie Universität*
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Subsection of the Legal department in the Freie Universität
1915-1948 Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology
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Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, old buildings
1912-1953 Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and
Electrochemistry
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Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Ernst Ruska Building
for Electron Microscopy (1986)
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Hahn Meitner Building at the Freie Universität (Biochemistry department)
1912-1944 Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry
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Institute for Occupational Medicine at the Charité
1913-1945 Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Experimental Therapy and
(from 1922) Biochemistry
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Albert Einstein‘s home from April to November 1914
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“Rost- und Silberlaube“ (“Rust and Silver Lodges“), Humanities
departments at the Freie Universität (1973/1978)
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (2006)
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Freie Universität, administration
1938-1945 Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics
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Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (1970)
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venue since 2000, exhibition of the history of the conference venue*
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[email protected]
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The tour starts in Harnack House, which was built in 1929
as an international guesthouse. It follows the footsteps of
Nobel Prize winners, leads to milestones in the history of
science and provides surprising insights into the architecture: most of the Wilhelminian-style buildings were in fact
high-tech laboratories. They were the birthplace of modern
molecular biology and nuclear physics.
In addition to the general tour, themed tours on the history
of biology, chemistry and physics can also be individually
arranged and booked. The historic reading room in the archive of the Max Planck Society can also be visited on
request. It is located in the building of the former Kaiser
Wilhelm Institute for Cell Physiology of 1930.
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* The exhibitions are open
to the public during the
buildings‘ opening hours:
Mon-Fri 7.30 am to 8.00 pm
(admission is free)
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